IMDEA and UPM have developed deformable woven nitinol metamaterials that combine metal strength with textile flexibility.

Whenever a perforated metal is used, the potential to offer a required level of elasticity can be a crucial factor. By knowing that a perforated metal is not as rigid as a non-perforated metal, ...

This course is designed to provide a theoretical background on the propagation of elastic stress waves in solids with periodic variation in geometry or elastic properties, a review of experimental ...

Quantitative characterization of nanomechanical properties has invariably been a holy grail for atomic force microscopy. This article explains some of the industry’s earlier attempts made at ...

Molecular dynamics simulations yield thermodynamic and time-dependent behavior, elucidating the role of intrinsically ...

Earlier this year, amorphous diamond was synthesized for the first time using a technique involving high pressures, moderately high temperatures and a tiny amount of glassy carbon as starting material ...

Knitted fabrics like a scarf or socks are highly elastic, capable of stretching as much as twice their length, but individual strands of yarn hardly stretch at all. It’s the way those strands form an ...